Gerry O’Connor CSsR and ACP Leadership – Weekly Sunday Homily

Brendan Hoban in his weekly Western People column offers his thoughts on the outcome of the marriage referendum.
“A clear message for the Church is that the bishops’ view was roundly rejected not just by the gay community, or those sympathetic to its views, but by tens of thousands of ‘ordinary’ Catholics.”
“There’s a massive change taking place in Ireland and, once again, the Catholic Church finds itself out-thought and out-manoeuvred, too influenced by the conservative right, ….
Trying to keep out the tide is always a failed enterprise. When will we learn that simple truth?”

LGBTQ+ Catholics can transform the Church—if the Synod would listen. Nick Fagnant June 19, 2024 Last February, a sixteen-year-old nonbinary student named Nex Benedict died after an altercation with three…

Western People  20.6.23 Recently, listening to a Sunday morning programme on RTE Radio One, I was captivated by an interview with an elderly Dublin woman. Peig McManus is 84 years…

Blowin’ in the Wind (Dylan) Where are all the flowers gone? My cowslip (outside the door) is beginning to fade. I feel lonely. That beautiful flower is like a guard…

Brendan Hoban reflects on five years of ACP.

After an unanimous ruling by seven high court judges Cardinal George Pell will walk free from prison today after the High Court of Australia ruled he was wrongly jailed for child sexual abuse.